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Newsletter of the Gloucestershire Branches of the Campaign for Real Ale

Spring 2011

the tipplerFree - Please Take One

The delights ofBottled

ConditionedBeer

Donnington Brewery

Win a pair of tickets to the Cotswold Beer Festival

Cardiff Pubs

Liquid Asset

Relax with an Otterwww.otterbrewery.com

The Budget will take place on March 23. TheCampaign for Real Ale together with theBritish Beer & Pub Association has called forthe government to abolish plans to increasebeer duty in each of the next three budgets bytwo per cent. With the average householddisposable income falling, fuel pricesrocketing, any rise in beer duty will inevitablyfurther contribute to more pubs closing. Pubsare already struggling to cope with thesuccessive duty increases, and this iscontributing to a pub closure rate of 29 pubs aweek.

A rise in VAT to 20 per cent in January hasalready led to an average of around 7p beingadded to a pint, and with the governmentexpected to increase beer duty by two per centabove inflation - an overall hike of seven percent - pubs could be forced to ask hard-upconsumers to dig even deeper into theirpockets.

Cotswold Spring Brewery head brewer, NicMilo, was presented with the certificate forGloucestershire Beer of the Year 2010 at theTewkesbury Winter Ales Festival. The goodnews is that Old Sodbury Mild should bebrewed again this Spring - this delicious darkbeer is certainly worth seeking out.

The Salutation Inn at Ham had to take runner-up position when the Harp in Covent Garden,London, was declared CAMRA National Pubof the Year 2010. The Harp, just a few yardsaway from Trafalgar Square, is a friendly freehouse with a narrow bar adorned with mirrorsand theatrical memorabilia. The other tworunners up in the Pub of the Year competitionwere the Beacon Hotel in Sedgley (home ofthe legendary Sarah Hughes Brewery), andTaps in Lytham St Annes.

Don and Sue at the Salutation have doneamazingly well getting into the last four pubs,and their efforts were rewarded when SteveMcDonald of the Severn Vale BrewingCompany presented them with a magnificentpub mirror to honour their fantasticachievement. If you haven't been to theSalutation yet, make every effort to go there.The days are getting longer now so an eveningtrip will soon be possible in daylight.

The pub can be found in the small village ofHam near Berkeley. It is convenient forBerkeley Castle.

Salutation is runner up Bitter Budget Blues?

Old Sodbury Mild

Chairman Andrew Frape (left) presents Nic with the certificate

Greyhound is no more

Brian Williams, the property developer andowner of the former Greyhound Inn inHewlett Road, has refused to apologise forpartially demolishing the popularCheltenham community pub last Junewithout having the correct demolitionlicence. He was ordered to pay just £1,800 byCheltenham Magistrates - a small price topay to get his redevelopment plans startedwithout having the inconvenience of a 1930'sbuilding standing in the way!

Mr Williams released a statement explainingwhy he felt the pub had to go: “It’s a pitypubs are no longer economically viable inthis day and age”.

Strange that - we were under the impressionthat the Greyhound had been purchased byMr Williams with the sole intention ofrunning the once popular pub down.

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Commerciallyavailable 'bottleconditioned’beer has beenaround sincethe end of the19th centuryand was thena very popularproduct. Through the 20th century, thedevelopment of new processes for filteringand pasteurising of the beer that was nowbeing bottled for mass production led to adecline of the 'conditioned' product; to theextent that by 1971 ( the year CAMRA wasfounded), there were only five bottle-conditioned beers in regular production. Theemergence of CAMRA and such initiative asRAIB (Real Ale in a Bottle) along with therecent explosive growth of small micro-breweries has led to a massive resurgence inrecent years.

The early days of that resurgence were a bithit-and-miss as many micro-breweriesrushed to get their product out in a newlyfashionable bottle conditioned form. This ledto many occasions when you would open abottle to have a fountain of foam gushingforth or conversely not the slightest hint of a'phtt' as you opened a bottle to be presentedwith a flat and totally lifeless liquid.

Recent advances in bottle conditioningprocesses, use of specific bottling yeasts andtighter quality control from breweries nowmean that the vast majority of bottleconditioned beers are presenting the homedrinker with the chance to experience theexcellent taste and condition of real ale onlynormally encountered in the best pubs. Thisin turn has led to an explosion of the numberof bottle conditioned beers available to theconsumer. When Jeff Evans published hisfirst edition of the 'Good Bottled Beer Guide'in 1998 he had to search far and wide tolocate the 180 bottles that he featured. The

7th addition of the GBBG published in 2009featured over 1300 UK bottle conditionedbeers and that number has been rising eversince.

So what exactly is bottle conditioned beerand how does it differ from the other beerson the shelf of your local friendly specialistbeer shop?

Essentially there are two very broadcategories of bottled beer available - It iseither a living product which contains at leastsome yeast and sugars which are still'conditioning' the beer in the bottle (BottleConditioned) or it is a sterile product wherethe yeast and sugars have been removed. Thesterile product can be further sub-dividedinto those that are 'Sterile Filtered' and thosethat are 'Sterile Filtered and Pasteurised'.

Firstly we have to consider why brewerieswould want to sterilise the beer in the firstplace: Removing the yeast from a beer turnsit from a living and sometimes unpredictableproduct into one that is stable and moreuniform. It becomes easier to transport andmarket to a mass audience than the craftproduct and although this comes at a cost ofa reduced shelf life, this can be extended by afurther process of pasteurisation.

Sterile bottled beer is also easier to handleand serve than the living product that still

however also remove some of the largerflavour/mouthfeel components within the

holds yeast. These is no need to let the bottlesettle before serving and the act of pouringdoes not require the delicate process ofensuring that any sediment is not depositedin the glass.

Filtering is the mechanical process where thebeer is passed through one or more filters(often an array of finer and finer filters areused) to remove the majority of yeastparticles. Sometimes the beer is chilledbefore filtering (referred to as 'ColdFiltering') - this causes protein molecules toclump together making them easier to filterout.

As well as removing the yeast, filtering can

By Leigh Norwood - Favourite Beers105 Hewlett Road, Cheltenham

Bottle Conditioned Beer

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beer. This is not as noticeable in lightergolden ales and bitters but can make heavierbeers such as stouts seem rather thin. After abeer has been filtered it is deemed to be'stable' - i.e. all conditioning has stopped -some breweries refer to this as being'Brewery Conditioned’

Filtered beers deteriorate much faster thanthe bottle conditioned product as there is noyeast present to 'scavenge' for the oxygenwhich is a primary cause of the ageingprocess. As such, many of the largerbreweries use a pasteurisation process tofurther extend the shelf life. In this processthe beer is subjected to very hightemperatures (around 73 degrees C) for ashort time (15-30 seconds) to kill off micro-organisms (not just yeast).The drawback tothis process is that the final product tends tolose some of the 'freshness' in the taste that abeer that is merely filtered will have. Manydrinkers find that pasteurised beers have anidentifiable 'tang' compared to otherproducts.

Because stable, filtered beers have no livingyeast to generate CO2 they undergo aprocess termed 'force carbonation' wherebyCO2 is mechanically injected into the bottleto keep the beer 'alive'. There are a numberof methods of delivering a bottled beer that is'living' and as such still contains yeast. Thesimplest is to simply rack the beer straightfrom the fermentation vessel or from a caskinto the bottles. The drawback of thismethod is that (subject to timing during thefermentation process) there may simply betoo little yeast still in suspension within thebeer to enable a secondary fermentation inthe bottle to carry on. This could result in thebeer being fairly flat.

To overcome this many breweries will addadditional yeast and/or sugars as part of thebottling process. One method, called'Kräustening', involves partially fermentedwort (the liquid extracted from the 'mashing'process in the brewing lifecycle whichcontains sugars extracted from the grain)being added to the beer, this provides fresh

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yeast and additional sugars for the existingyeast to feed on. Other breweries simplyprime the bottled beer with sugar solutions.

The above methods all use the original yeastused in the brewing process. This maintainsthe character of the beer so that it will bevery similar to the cask based product, butoften has the drawback that there will be afairly high proportion of 'loose’sediment ineach bottle. This is not a problem if thebottles are settled and poured well but inorder to attempt to get the best of bothworlds a number of micro-breweries andbottling plants are first filtering their beerand then adding specific 'sticky' bottlingyeasts which lessen the effects of sedimentbut do tend to slightly alter the character ofthe beer from the original cask product.

As with everything, technology is alsohaving an impact in the bottle conditioningbusiness. The Thornbridge brewery inDerbyshire recently moved to a new brewerywhere they have utilised new closed

cylindro-conical fermenters and a centrifugeto enable them to contain natural carbonationand control to a fine degree how much yeastis left in suspension within the finishedbottled beer. This removed the need to eitherfilter or re-prime the beer and has resulted insuperb bottle conditioned beer which notonly tastes (in this writer's opinion) as goodas the cask based product but which comes ina bottle without any visible sediment.

Generally bottle conditioning is onlyintended to assist carbonation and not toincrease the alcohol content (although thiscan happen). It will however increase theshelf life of the beer - as has already beenstated - sterile beers have a relatively shortshelf life as many compounds within the beerwill eventually break down and produceunpleasant tastes. Live yeast acts againstthese processes. A good bottle conditionedbeer can maintain it's drinkability for manyyears and some will even change andimprove character although it is oftenadvisable to drink when fresh and young.

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Weaker beers rarely age well, howeverstronger beers can sometimes be a revelationas the character of the beer changes aschemical and biological changes occurwithin the beer. Some breweries activelyencourage the 'laying down' of their strongerbeers to appreciate these extraordinarycharacteristics.

As has already been mentioned, most bottle-conditioned beers will have some level ofyeast sediment in the bottom of the bottle.Careful decanting of the beer into the glasswill enable this sediment to be left behind inthe bottle, although in some cases it may bedesirable (often with Wheat beers) to add theyeast to the glass as well. St Austell CloudedYellow actively suggests this as a method ofserving.

In 2004 CAMRA introduced the "Real Ale Ina Bottle" accreditation scheme in an attemptto clarify to consumers when the productthey were drinking was bottle conditioned.The description on the CAMRA web sitestates:

So far over 150 breweries have signed up tothe scheme.

If, like me, you are primarily a cask aledrinker looking for the convenience ofhaving beer at home whilst still getting asclose to the cask ale experience as possible,then I would suggest that you look furtherthan the array of pasteurised products fromthe big breweries seen on the supermarketshelves and that you seek out and try some ofthe hundreds of superb 'Bottle Conditioned'ales that are now available. You may get theodd disappointment, but I guarantee that youwill discover that the craft and skill of thesmall brewer is very much alive and kickingand is being presented to you in the form ofsome truly remarkable bottled beers.

“Real ale in a bottle is unpasteurised and isnot artificially carbonated. It is a naturallive product which contains yeast for a slowsecondary fermentation in the bottle. Thisprocess provides wonderful fresh flavoursand a pleasant, natural effervescence”.

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CAMRA National Pub of the Year 2007

CAMRA SW Region Pub of the Year 2009

Hill Road, Dursley, GL11 5JQ

01453 542870

TheOld Spot Inn

Always 8 or more ever changing beers available

Excellent home cooked food served

seven days a week. Lunches

Covered heated garden area Dogs welcome

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Always one ale on sale at £2.25

5 hand pumps and always at least one local ale

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Lunch-time food

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telephone: 01452 700714

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The Craven Arms, Brockhampton, Near Cheltenham, Glos GL54 5XQ. Telephone 01242 820410

On Saturday 19th February thirteenCheltenham beer drinkers, led by VeronicaEmery -

boarded the 1011 Cross Countrytrains service to Cardiff Central. On arrival atCardiff we met up with a number of CardiffCAMRA members and, under the guidanceof Aron McMahon - the branch membershipsecretary - we set out on a tour of some ofthe city's finest pubs.

After a pleasant walk past the MillenniumStadium and along the banks of the RiverTaff, we arrived at the Cricketers. This one-bar Evan Evans pub, in the shadow of theSwalec Stadium of Glamorgan CountyCricket Club, had four ales on tap. I startedwith the 4.2% Cwrw (Welsh for ale), whilstthe Warrior, Best and Fly-Half were alsosampled.Our nextstop wasn'ta pub, butthe homeof theArtisanBrewing Co.This is not amicro-brewery as you'd expect it to be. Wesampled a Bohemian Style Pilsner and an AltBeer. All agreed it was a hidden little gemand several of us walked away with take-outsor the ubiquitous brewery t-shirt.

A gentle stroll back towards town took us tothe third stop of the tour, the Good BeerGuide listed Cayo Arms. Here, Jennings andTomos Watkins ales were available, alongwith Brakspear Oxford Gold. I sampled thewonderfully named Cross Buttock, on offerfrom Jennings at 4.5%. The name apparentlyderives from a throw used in Cumbrianwrestling! Next on the list was "Y MochynDu" (The Black Pig), a stones' throw fromSofia Gardens and another GBG entry. Acouple of ales from Vale of Glamorgan -Cwrw and Cwrw Cymru, Otleys O1 and the

4.2% Newmans Daliad Da! were on offer.This was the mid-point of the tour and wedecided to eat. Keeping with the theme of theday, I had the steak and ale pie, washed downwith a half of the 4.2% Cwrw Cymru, andonce again I wasn't disappointed.

We made our way back to the city, with thefirst stop being the City Arms. This woodenfloored pub offered Brains full range and sixguests - four direct from the barrel. I optedfor Brains Dark. It's only 3.5%, but given thetaste, you'd think it was a lot more. A shortwalk to the Goat Major followed, withresplendent dark wood panelling adorningthe walls of this GBG entry. The standardBrains range was available, complementednicely by Ringwoods XXXX Porter. At4.7%, this turned out to be my beer of theday.

It was then on to another of the city's brewpubs, Zero Degrees. Several beers wereavailable, including Pilsner, Black Lager,Wheat beer, Porter and a Mango beer.Veronica liked the latter, but I opted for theWheat Ale. Being a regular visitor to Munich(but sadly not for the Oktoberfest), I have tosay this 4.2% offering wasn't a bad re-creation of that particular style.

It was then back to Cardiff Central and thejourney home, catching the 1845 CrossCountry Nottingham train. My thanks toVeronica for organising this little soiree, her'friends', for making the trip so pleasant andAron and colleagues from Cardiff for beingsuch amicable hosts.

resplendent in her red PaddingtonBear hat -

Chris Coleman, Aron McMahon and Pete Clay

Ian Scott

Cardiff Capers

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Four Real Ales

Beer Garden

English Pub Food Served

Lunchtimes & Evenings

The best steaks available

Traditional Sunday Lunch

Twelve BellsFreehouse

Lewis Lane, Cirencester

Carole & Staff welcome

you to the Bells

Carole & Staff welcome

you to the Bells

under new management

tel: 01285 652230

Website www.twelvebellscirencester.com

menu available

Bakers Arms

Broad Campden

Bakers Arms

Broad Campden

Phone 01386 840515

Large car park Attractive garden

Traditional Cotswold country pub serving

5 real ales (Stanney Bitter, Donnington

BB and Charles Wells Bombardier always

on + 2 changing beers) and cider

Good home cooked food

using local ingredients wherever possible

served in a friendly atmosphere

Open all day every day

throughout the summer

Folk night 3rd Tuesday in the month

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The Penzance Brewing Co.'s Scilly Stoutweighs in at a respectable 7% and was votedthe Beer of the Festival at this year'sTewkesbury Winter Ales Festival (don'tforget the plural 's' - otherwise, it's just abooze up at the cold end of the year). Itdoesn't come from the Isles of Scilly(Scillonian's don't like it being called theScilly Isles - how very Scilly) and neither isthe Penzance Brewing Co. in Penzance. It'snot far away though and is to be found abouthalfway between Penzance and St Erth (wetake the P out of Perth), standing next to theA30 in the Cornish village of Crowlas.Scillonians, if you don't know already, areScilly people, as is the venerable landlord andbrewer at the Star Inn, Crowlas, Mr PeteElvin, who moved there after 16 years atCotleigh Brewery in Somerset. Pete started atThe Star in 1999; a free house described inthe GBG as a "Mecca for Cornish real aleaficionados". I thought that was some kind offruit and 'Mecca' and 'real ale' don't exactlygo together, either. I've never seen an 'AroundMecca in 80 Beers' or 'Pub Walks In SaudiArabia'. Now that does sound like thirstywork, maybe that's what they mean by it.

I made a beeline, actually a no. 17 bus, forthe Star, on a trip to St Ives last year andwasn't disappointed. An honest, down to earthsort of boozer, full of honest, down to earthsort of people, well me and the Mrs actually(I'm honest, she's down to earth). It was mid-afternoon and we had the place pretty muchto ourselves; the pub dog had just gone outthe back for a fag.. There was a goodselection of Penzance Ales available and aguest ale from Springhead Brewery. Iwhispered to her, "You'll love Potion No. 9".It's the Amarillo hop, you know. That's not adance, although there was plenty of roombetween the tables. That could be why theycall it a Mecca, they were a big chain ofdance halls at one time, though I never sawany belly dancers. With a bar now full of

empty strangers, there was much drinking todo. There was also a return bus to catch at thestop just outside, so we made our apologies tothe dog and left.

Scilly Stout was closely followed byThornbridge's Raven and Ponytpridd's OtleyBrewery's O8, an 8%-er none the less and thebiggest hit to come out of the Welsh miningvillage, since 'Sir' Tom Jones stopped signingon there. It's not unusual (sorry) but is verymoorish, oops, more-ish; those real aleMeccas again. TWAF, as it is affectionatelyknown, was again a well toasted success withTewkesbury Town Band; the 6 Nations (thatgame with the funny shaped ball); Thunder-ing Ferrets (honest!); a mime act and evenmore ales than last year, plus a lemonade bar,which was being adulterated with cider(!) -must have a word with that Martin. Myhighest scoring ale also happened to be ScillyStout, with Hook Norton's Double Stout andArbor Ales' Festival Mild coming up closebehind. Favourite winter ale names includedDerail Ale; Ramblers Ruin; Kinver's OverThe Edge (geddit?); Severn Sins (goddit);Winter's Tail, by you know who (no, not thatDavid 'the only way is' Essex); Pigor Mortisand, the one everybody fell about ordering,Triple FFF's (there's a muso joke theresomewhere) I Can't Remember.

Punter: "Can I have the same again please?"

TWAF: "What did you have last time?"

Punter (rolling on the floor with laughter): "ICan't Remember."

Those Scillonians wouldn't stand for it.

The Hunter’s ColumnThe Scilly Season

Kim Gough at the TWAF

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Win a pair of tickets to the 2011 Cotswold Beer Festival

Simply work out the anagrams of Gloucestershire Pubs and complete the word grid.Send your completed crossword to the editor (see page 30) by Sat 28th May 2011.

The lucky winner will receive two tickets to the 35th Cotswold Beer Festival at Postlip Hall.Friday 29th to Sunday 31st August.

Play on line at www.tipplerpuzzle.co.uk

CAMRA reaches an important milestone this year with theorganisation celebrating its 40th anniversary. Set up by just fourdrinkers on March 16th 1971, the Campaign still continues to fightfor the rights of its 120,000 beer, cider and pub-loving members.

CAMRA in Gloucester is celebrating the 40th anniversary of thefounding of CAMRA with a party at the New Inn, NorthgateStreet, Gloucester. The fun begins at 7 pm on Wednesday 16thMarch. There will be ales, music and more. Don’t miss it.

www.camraingloucester.org.uk

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Established 1865 Traditional Cotswold AlesTel: 01451 830603

Donnington Brewery‘Good Pub Guide’ Brewery of the Year 2010

Sitting in the hamlet of Ford this popular 16thCentury Inn is ideally placed for explorations of allthe nearby Cotswold attractions.

2 traditional Donnington’s Ales are available (BB &SBA) plus Addlestone’s Cider and a large but selectwine list.

Three comfortable en-suite (shower)rooms are available.

The Plough Inn, Ford, Nr Temple Guiting,Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 5RU

Tel: 01386 584215

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“In a quiet Cotswold valley, secluded andaway from any village, its slopes patternedwith cornfields and pastures and clumps oftrees, the whole forming a frame to a sheet ofwater, lie a group of buildings. They areattractive to the eye in their setting and manydifferent shapes. Birds and animals areconspicuous in the way they grace the scene:like the pigeons which bask in the sun in theirholes on the side of the building, and thegrazing horse on the hillslope; the waterfowl, and the ducks and geese, alternatelyseeking food on the grass and then taking tothe water; and the gold fish which ornamenta patch of the water by the bank - a happyblend of wild and tame life. Coming on to ascene hidden in such peace and calm, it is alittle surprising to see a chimney belchingblack smoke and steam rising from largeventilators until the breeze wafts before onethe unmistakable aroma of malt and thepungent smell of hops gives the clue as towhat is going on - smells common enough intown but almost unique in the country thesedays..”

So wrote H. Hurlbutt Albino in an 1945article about the Donnington Brewery in the'Gloucestershire Countryside' (Vol 5. no.6).Sixty Six years laterthe description ofthe brewery is stillremarkably accurate- except for thereferences tobelching black smokeand the assumptionthat brewing ispredominately anurban industry.The biggest changein all those years isthe use and changing style of the Englishlanguage.... good old Hurlbut Albino rants on

and on without ever once actually mentioningthe brewery by name, or indeed the Arkellfamily who have been owners of theDonnington Brewery since it was founded in1865.

Thomas Arkell bought the 13th centuryDonnington Mill in 1827 which hadpreviously been used for both milling cornand wool manufacture. In 1865 Thomas andhis nephew Richard Iles Arkell converted themill to a brewery. Richard realised that thepure water of the River Dickler was perfectfor brewing beer and the mill race and waterwheels could provide power to the brewery.To this day the two waterwheels are used topower the malt hoist, mashing machine andwort pump.

Pubs were acquired by the brewery which, in1891, included the Fox Inn at Lower Swell,the Kings Arms and Swan Inn in ChippingCampden alongside more familiarDonnington pubs like the Black Bear inMoreton, the Queens Head in Stow and thetwo Coach and Horses. The brewery was runby Herbert Arkell throughout the two worldwars. When Claude Arkell inherited thebusiness in 1952 after his service in the RAFthere were 16 Donnington pubs. Withintwenty years Claude had sold the Railway Innat Blockley and bought the Halfway House atKineton and the Snowshill Arms in Snowshillleaving an estate of 17 tied houses. TheMerrymouth Inn on the A424 Stow toBurford Road on the Oxfordshire border waslater sold, along with the Bell Inn atWinchcombe . When Claude sadly died inJune 2007, aged 89, there were fifteen pubsremaining in the Donnington estate.

The brewery was bequeathed to cousin PeterArkell and his son James Arkell, of theKingsdown Brewery in Swindon. Peter andClaude were friends in the RAF and sharedtheir love of fishing and brewing. Peter hassince sadly passed away leaving James assole owner. James learnt the art of brewing atDonnington in the 1970's so when he tookover from Claude he said "it was like cominghome!" Since James has been at the helm

Donnington Brewery -

Colourful Cotswold Pubs

in Black and White

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things have changed at the brewery.. but notmuch. The pubs have had attractive newblackand white signs erected - the traditionalcolours of Donnington Brewery and 2010 wasindeed a momentous year. In February theGood Pub Guide named Donnington as theirUK Brewery of the Year. Ten of their fifteenpubs also got a mention in the guide.

Whilst having a spring clean in May an oldbrewing book was discovered which detailedthe very first brew that Richard Arkell madeon May 27th 1865. The replicated beer wascalled Founders Ale and was very similar to acontemporary golden beer, a 4% brew with astrong Austrian style hop flavour derivedfrom the Willamotte and English Goldingshops. The finest Maris Otter malt was usedand the beer was an instant success - the first'new' ale that Donnington had brewed for avery long time. James said: "Inside thebrewery is very similar. We stood on thepretty much the same spot to brew and tastethe beer as Richard would have done,probably using some of the same equipmenttoo. The best things never change." The goodnews is that Founders Ale will be brewedagain this year.

The two regular beers,BB and SBA, havetheir own pedigreehaving been brewedat the DonningtonBrewery for at leastfifty years. BB isa pleasant 3.6%amber bitter with aslight hop aroma,a good balance ofmalt and hops in the mouth and a bitteraftertaste. SBA, a stronger 4.4% premiumbeer, has malt dominating over bitterness ,with a hint of fruit and a dry malty finish.The XXX mild, which was usually onlyavailable at the Coach & Horses inLongborough, was discontinued a few yearsago. The 3.5% dark mild was simply BBwith added caramel.

There are other people at Donnington who

deserve special mention, indeed without themthe brewery could not operate. Phil Janka isthe head brewer and manager Val Teale - 'thenew boy' who started working at the breweryin 1983 after running the Mount Inn atStanton and, before that, a life in academia.Val continues to run the administrative side ofthe Donnington Brewery. Claude and Val ranthe brewery for many years eschewing the useof modern technology, a basic computer wasinstalled just before the millennium but ithardly saw any use - invoices and officialdocumentation continued to be hand written.Believe it or not though, Donnington Breweryhas a website www.donnington-brewery.comwhere you can read about the day whenRichard Hammond from Top Gear drove apowerful Pagani Zonda sports car to thebrewery, and was then seen painting it!

"We just brew beer in the old fashioned way"said one of the hands who was scrubbing theinside of a vat and talking to Mr HurlbuttAlbino in 1945, adding: "we use malt, hops,yeast and spring water and nothing else.”

Time has stood still in this lovely corner ofthe Cotswolds for many years, and that's justhow it remains to this day... well apart fromthe Zonda.

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The fifteen Donnington Pubs. Top to bottom, left to right:

Black Bear, Moreton in Marsh; Black Horse, Naunton; Coach & Horses, Ganborough; Coach &Horses, Longborough; Farmers Arms, Guiting Power; Fox Inn, Broadwell; Fox Inn, GreatBarrington; Golden Ball, Lower Swell; Halfway House, Kineton; Mount Inn, Stanton; New Inn,Willersley; Plough Inn, Ford; Queens Head, Stow on the Wold; Red Lion, Little Compton;Snowshill Arms, Snowshill.

3rd ALE & STEAM WEEKEND 21st & 22nd MAY 2011 11:00 to 19:30 (Sat) to 17.30*(Sun) *While stocks last

at Winchcombe Station

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Tim Edgell,a CAMRAmember fromthe StroudSub-branch,is passionateabout pubsand beer.His latest book'Cotswold Pubsand Breweries’published byAmberley, ispacked withbygone imagesof inns andtaverns - and itis reassuring in these harsh economic timesto observe that well over half of the pubsdescribed in the book survive to this day.There are 158 pubs illustrated in the book ofwhich 134 are still trading - a verycommendable 85% survival rate.

The Cotswolds extend beyondGloucestershire into parts of Oxfordshire ,Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershireand Tim has selected the pubs he describes tocover the whole geographical area rather thanconcentrate on the Gloucestershire Cotswoldswe are all familiar with. Tim has obviouslyresearched material for his book diligentlyand studiously, sampling beer and visitingpubs far and wide - from the 17th centuryNeeld Arms in Grittleton, Wiltshire to thePear Tree in the Oxfordshire village of HookNorton, the 'tap' of the famous Hook NortonBrewery - as the old adage goes 'it was atough job but someone had to do it'.

It is the pubs and breweries nestling in therolling hills of the GloucestershireCountryside that will be of interest to tipplerreaders. There are photographs of pubs of theDonnington and Arkell's Breweries and thenew generation of craft breweries are welldocumented. But it is the archive images oflong defunct breweries that are of mostinterest. There are old pictorialadvertisements proclaiming the delights ofWarn & Sons Prize Medal Tetbury Ales,Dursley Brewery Co Celebrated Ales &Stouts and Sparkling A.K. Bitter Ales andDouble Stout from E.A. Green's VictoriaBrewery in Stow-in-the-Wold. TheNorthleach Steam Brewery was run by theTayler family until it was acquired by theCheltenham Original Brewery just after theFirst World War. There were breweries inSouth Cerney, Brockhampton, Wotton-Under-Edge and even a home brewed ale pub inBourton on the Water. ... oh for the use of DrWho's Tardis!

Who would have thought that the NorwoodArms in Cheltenham (now a Greene Kingpub) once brewed its own beer. How I wouldlove to have the chance to drink in the FishInn on Fish Hill near Broadway, the Sun Innin Cirencester and the Nags Head inLechlade. Too late now though, they closedlong ago.

In the introduction to the book Tim writes:"rural locals, once the preserve of farmworkers, now have to attract the middleclasses to survive. Gastro-pubs, or therecently coined 'Country Dining Pubs', haveproliferated in the Cotswolds. Without thisdevelopment, a large proportion of rural pubswould have closed, most set aside an area forlocal drinkers and, as Hilaire Beloc oncewrote, 'when you have lost your inns, drownyour empty selves, you have seen the last ofEngland'.”

Cotswold Pubs and Breweries is highlyrecommended. Tim has obviously done a lotof research and the information thataccompanies the images is always veryinteresting.

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The only criticism is the lack of colourphotographs, the reproduction of the modernimages in monochrome does not do thephotographs justice.

Cotswold Pubs and Breweries is published byAmberley and is available at all good bookshops or on-line.

ISBN 978-1 84868 204-7www.amberleybooks.com

Long-standing local CAMRA member PeterFranklin has a number of items collected over theyears which he is looking to sell ahead of movingto smaller accommodation. The main collectionsare of commemorative bottles of beer producedin 1977 for the Queen's Silver Jubilee, in 1981for the wedding of Charles & Diana and a smallnumber of other 'specials'.

In addition he has a selection of Cotswold BeerFestival glasses dating back to 1993. Full detailscan be found on our website at

Those interested should contact Peter directly on01242 678287

www.gloucestershirecamra.org.uk

Rare bottles for sale

North Oxon CAMRA BeerFestival

5th - 7th MayTA Centre, Oxford Road, Banbury

90 real ales & ciders and perrys

Starts 5 pm Thursday; 12-12 Friday

11-11 Saturday (or until beer runs out)

Featuring beers from Cornwall, Devon & Somerset

Free entry to CAMRA members at all times

Chairman and Branch Contact Treasurer:

Pubs Officer / Media Officer /Beer Festival Director:

Social Secretary and Webmaster:

Membership Secretary:

Roger Price6 Greenlake CloseBourton on the WaterCHELTENHAMGL54 2PR01451 810305Mobile: 07850 [email protected]

Dawn Harrison (Bourton on the Water)01451 822410

Martyn Herbert (Cheltenham)Mobile: 07760 [email protected]

Peter Rowe (Bourton on the Water)[email protected]

Garry Hayward (Winchcombe)01242 621140

Secretary:Nicky Harvey (Stow on the Wold)01451 832545Mobile: 07981 [email protected]

North Cotswold CAMRA Branch Officers and Contacts:

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www.northcotswoldcamra.org.uk

Good Beer Guide Co-ordinator

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Ever missed your favourite beer in your localpub? Or missed out on special offers in yourlocal shops? So what if your local pubs andshops could tell you the minute yourfavourite is on sale - wouldn't you go to try itor choose that pub over others not talking toyou? That's what I wondered back in 2007 asthe seed of a new idea formed whilstchecking my pub in Prestbury to see ifMalvern Hills Brewery Black Pear was onyet. It was a timely thought: more youngpeople getting into in Real Ale, moreaffordable Smart phones and the rise inbottled beers all helped me envision a systemthat could connect customers to ale suppliersin real time. But how would drinkers andpubs get simple access to the huge range ofbeers in the UK? This too became part of theproblem to solve and it soon became obviousthat the key was to involve and connect theENTIRE supply chain and the YourRoundstory began.

To get the ball rolling we employed a coupleof local beer fans to gather as much on-linebrewery data as possible from all brewers inthe Good Beer Guide. After two months wehad over 3000 beers on the database completewith tasting notes and pump clip images. Thiswas enough to get us going. We built linksback to the brewers so when a beer wasmissing, it informed the brewer that a certainpub was asking for their info. We joinedSIBA to get involved with the small brewersand spent time networking at events, judgingbeer contests (it's a tough job..) and graduallybrewers came to understand our idea. InJanuary, over 300 UK brewers logged intothe site to add beer information and recentlywe celebrated our 5000th beer added byBlack Country Ales at the Wellington inBirmingham. A particularly fitting venue astheir in-pub display system in part inspiredour own BeerBoard idea.

Jake Douglas at Salopian brewery in

Shropshire was one of the first brewers to seethe real potential. He said: 'YourRound'sapproach is entirely unique and is anexcellent media vision for real ale drinkers.We add our new beer information to thesystem and also encourage our customers tojoin to promote their businesses and our beersside by side. It also provides a reference pointto find and use pump clip artwork and tastingnotes. A one stop shop for everythingSalopian related.'

Of course, the cornerstone of any supplychain is the distribution and the YourRoundvision was always to include wholesalers.After all, Publicans have the same problem -what's available for me to buy now?Wholesaler real ale stocks come and go and apaper list in the post can't stay up to date formore than a few days. So local alewholesalers, Cellar Supplies in StokeOrchard were keen to get involved to developthe wholesalers interface. Both ChrisWilliams and Shaun Dandy helped formulatewhat was needed and within a few weeks thewholesalers BeerCAM was available forpublicans and retailers to see what wasavailable locally to tantalise their customers.Chris remains keen on the advantages of theon-line promotion YourRound provides: Hesaid: 'We can now keep our customers bangup to date with our current stocks andextensive range, which are changing all thetime. Combined with the on-line ordering andprint-out features, the system really gives usan edge by reducing waste and getting to ourcustomers faster!’

notes and evenallows them to update their own website at no

We understood early on how difficult it is forpublicans to find time to do anything extra intheir busy lives, so we strove to make theuser experience as simple as we could. Webuilt a mobile site so updates can be madefrom any Smartphone and an iPhone App ison its way to make it even easier. We alsorealised that pubs needed other reasons toupdate until such times as we had thousandsof drinkers on board, so we built our pubmanager that allows pubs to see the entirebeer database, print tasting

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cost using 'web widgets'. We found a hugeinterest from one large pub chain in beingable to put tasting notes on their tables to tellpeople about beers on now and next and 250of their pubs are now on the system withmore signing almost daily.

Neil Way from the Cheltenham Motor Club,was an early adopter and said: 'UpdatingYourRound is now part of my daily routineand only takes a couple of minutes. I havecustomers in Gloucester that love Dark StarHophead . They travel the 10 miles herewhen they get YourRound alerts. I haveanother local group who love dark beers thatalways turn up when Dorothy Goodbody'sWholesome Stout or similar are on.Sometimes people turn up within minutes ofme updating the site if they are already intown. There is no better way to tell thosecustomers about a fresh barrel than the textmessage that YourRound sends.’

Some enterprising brewers have beeninvesting in bottling plants that are nowextremely cost effective for small volumesand are even bottling for their competition.The upshot of this is that there is now a hugerange of bottled beers on the market. Pay avisit to Leigh Norwood's 'Favourite Beers' inCheltenham to see what I mean. YourRoundprovides retailers the ability to promotequality bottled beers to local drinkers inexactly the same way as for pubs. So when adrinker finds a new great beer, he can add itto his YourRound account and will get alertedif it becomes available again in his local shopas well as the pub. At the same time we send

out the entire stock lists which allow peopleto choose before they get to the shop.

Leigh says: “We've had great success beingan early adopter of the Your Round retailaccount. Our stock of over 300 bottled beersis changing weekly and the site allows us toprovide a near real time listing of our currentstock in an attractive and easy to read format.It has been gaining in popularity with ourcustomers, who can decide which beers tobuy by browsing at home. We had one lady inrecently with a list of beers to purchase forseveral of her work colleagues at a companyin Bristol. We have also had several wivescoming in to collect beer for their husbands!”

It was a bit of a shock to learn from expertsthat it requires a seven figure sum (Yes -Pounds not Rupees) to advertise successfullyto consumers on line. So we need to usechannels like CAMRA local groups who havebeen really supportive and have sparked offuser clusters as far afield as the ScottishHighlands and the Isle of Man.

We also encourage pubs to promote to theirdrinkers - after all its them they will reach outto - by providing promo info on the site.

For drinkers we built the alert system thatwill tell you by e-mail or text when yourfavourite product is available locally and thatworks really well. We also invested indeveloping iPhone and Android apps, the'British Beer Guide' to make our entirebrewers' database available on the move. Thisis a true beer guide now with almost 6000beers and soon will be updated daily directfrom brewers input. It's useful to be able toget tasting notes on unfamiliar beers in thepub and avoid the sometimes embarrassingsample requests. You can even add your owntaste notes and mark a beer as a favourite.This will eventually connect back toYourRound and generate alerts for these andsimilar beers.

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you what beers are on around your currentlocation we're hoping to get drinkers reallyinvolved with their local pubs in a way notpreviously possible.

It's an exciting time for the YourRound team.We see Real Ale consumption and its appealto the mobile equipped younger marketgrowing and we have hundreds of new ideasin our 'Roadmap', a lot coming from users-the problem is always which one to do next !Our biggest challenge remains persuadingsellers to keep updated but the signs are thatthose who do are finding and keeping newcustomers, and this is what will drive themand drinkers to use the system more andmore.

Keep up with us, new beers from yourfavourite brewers and what our customersthink by following us on Twitter andFacebook or better still create a free drinkersaccount at www.Yourround.co.uk and startgetting real time beer news today !

Contact Terry Dicks [email protected]

CAMRA LocAle is an initiative that promotes pubs which endeavour always to stock at leastone locally-brewed real ale. The scheme builds on a growing consumer dernand for qualitylocal produce and an increased awareness of 'green' issues.

Gloucestershire Branch launched its LocAle campaign in January 2009 and since then we andNorth Cotswold Branch between us have signed up over 100 pubs in the county. The currentlist, at time of going to press, is below, given in order of town or village, but it is growing allthe time and we will continue to publish updates in these pages. New additions since the lastTippler are highlighted in .

Our definition of ‘local’ is that a beer should be brewed either in the county or within 30 milesof the pub and only one of the ales at any one time need be ‘local’ in order to qualify. If yourlocal is not already part of the scheme ask your landlord why not. If he or she is interestedplease get in touch with us (branch contacts on p.30) and we will take it from there.

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LocAle Pubs across the county:

Alderton, Gardeners ArmsAmberley, Amberley InnAmberley, Black HorseAndoversford, Royal OakAshleworth, BoatAvening, BellBibury, Swan HotelBourton-on-the-Hill, Horse & GroomBourton-on-the-Water, MousetrapBream, Rising SunBrimscombe, Ship InnBroad Campden, Bakers ArmsBroadwell, Fox InnBrockhampton, Craven Arms

Cashes Green, Prince of WalesCerney Wick, CrownCharlton Kings, RoyalCheltenham, Adam & EveCheltenham, Beehive Inn (Montpellier)Cheltenham, Cheltenham Motor ClubCheltenham, Exmouth ArmsCheltenham, Jolly BrewmasterCheltenham, Kemble Brewery InnCheltenham, Moon Under Water

Cheltenham, Old RestorationCheltenham, RetreatCheltenham, Royal UnionCheltenham, Somerset ArmsCheltenham, St Stephens ClubCheltenham, StrandCheltenham, Suffolk ArmsChipping Campden, Eight BellsCirencester, Bees KneesCirencester, Corinium Hotel

Cold Aston, Plough Inn

Cranham, Black HorseCranham, Royal WilliamDidmarton, King's ArmsDuntisbourne Abbots, Five Mile HouseDursley, Old SpotEbrington, Ebrington ArmsEdge, Edgemoor Inn

Elmstone Hardwicke, Gloucester Old SpotForthampton, Lower Lode InnFrampton Mansell, Crown InnFrance Lynch, Kings Head

Cirencester, Drillmans Arms

Clearwell, Lamb Inn

Elkstone, Highwayman

Brookend, Lammastide

Coombe Hill, Swan

Cirencester, Waggon & Horses

Frocester, George InnGloucester, Cross Keys (C.K. Lane)Gloucester, Dick WhittingtonGloucester, Fountain InnGloucester, New InnGloucester, Pig Inn the CityGloucester, Station HotelGloucester, Water Poet

Gotherington, Shutter InnGretton, Royal OakGuiting Power, Hollow BottomHam, Salutation InnHartpury, Royal ExchangeHawkesbury Upton, Beaufort ArmsKemble, Thames Head InnKineton, Halfway HouseLechlade, Crown InnMinchinhampton, Crown

Minchinhampton, Weighbridge InnMiserden, Carpenters ArmsNailsworth, Britannia InnNailsworth, Village InnNaunton, Black HorseNettleton Bottom, Golden Heart InnNewent, George HotelNewmarket, George Inn

Nympsfield, Rose & CrownPainswick, Royal OakRandwick, Vine Tree InnRodborough, Prince AlbertShipton Moyne, Cat & Custard PotShurdington, BellSiddington, GreyhoundSlad, WoolpackSlimbridge, Tudor ArmsSnowshill, Snowshill ArmsSomerford Keynes, Bakers ArmsSouth Cerney, Old George InnStanton, MountStonehouse, WoolpackStroud, British OakStroud, Clothiers ArmsStroud, Crown & SceptreStroud, Golden FleeceStroud, Imperial HotelStroud, Queen Victoria

Stroud, The RetreatTetbury, Priory Inn HotelTetbury, The Ormond

Tetbury, Trouble HouseTewkesbury, Nottingham ArmsTewkesbury, Royal Hop PoleTewkesbury, Tudor House HotelTewkesbury, White BearThe Camp, Fostons AshToddington, Pheasant InnTormarton, Major's Retreat

Uley, CrownWhiteshill, StarWickwar, ButhayWickwar, Wickwar Social ClubWinchcombe, Plaisterers ArmsWoodchester, Old FleeceWoodchester, Ram InnMinchinhampton, Old Lodge Inn

North Cerney, Bathurst Arms

Wotton-under-Edge, Star

Gloucester, York

Tetbury, The Snooty Fox

Twyning, The Village Inn

Wotton-under-Edge, Falcon Inn

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CAMRA MEETINGS

GLOUCESTERSHIRE BRANCH OPENCOMMITTEE MEETINGS

GLOUCESTERSHIRE SUB BRANCH MEETINGS

Tuesday 5th April, 8pm -Tuesday 3rd May, 8pm - Amberley Inn, AmberleyTuesday 7th June, 8pm - Royal Hop Pole, Church St, Tewkesbury

Old Spot Inn, Dursley

Cheltenham Sub-branch (GL50-53)

Cirencester Sub-branch (GL7,8)

Forest of Dean Sub-branch (GL14,15,16,17)

Gloucester Sub-branch (GL1-4)

Stroud Sub-branch (GL5,6 & GL10)

usually meets on the Second Thursday of the month at 8pm.Contact Trevor Carter 07717 841233

usually meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 8 pm.Contact Steve Parsons 01285 655503

Contact Geoff Petheram 01594 510648

usually meets on the second Wednesday of the month. ‘Away Days’ onthe first Saturdays of each month and ‘evenings out’ on 3rd or 4th Wednesdays. Full details in Sub-branch‘News and Views’ which is with this newsletter (in Gloucester) or on branch website. Contact AlanStephens 01452 410237. Dave Winnington 01452 531075.

usually meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 8pm at the LordJohn, Russell Street, Stroud. Contact Andy Burston 01453 882410 / Bob Brooks 01452 770346

Contact Geoff Lippett 01684 298641 website: www.tewkesburycamra.org.uk

24 March - Cheltenham Pub of the Year presentation at the Jolly Brewmaster, Painswick Road14 April - Local prices survey. Meet 8pm at the Bank House

29 March - Visit to Box Steam Brewery12 April - Trip to N.Wilts area. Details tba.

23 March - “Along the Cotswold Way” stage 4. Book with Dave Winnington2 April - Clifton Saunter. Visit to this area of Bristol6 April - Social at the Water Poet27 April - Visit to Arbor Ales.

21 April - George, Newent and other local pubs.

Dursley Sub-branch (GL9,11,12,13)

Tewkesbury Sub-branch (GL18,19 & GL20)

usually meets on the last Tuesday of the month at 8pm.Contact Chris Arrowsmith 01453 548991 website: www.camradursley.co.uk

usually meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month at 8pm.

19 May - Swan, Staunton [8pm], Prince of Wales [9pm]16 June - Yew Tree, Chaceley Stock [8 pm], Lower Lode Hotel [9 pm]

29 March - Black Horse, N Nibley, then New Inn, Waterley Bottom23 April - Berkeley Power Station Beer Festival26 April - Old Spot, Dursley14 May - Mystery Tour31 May - Hunters Hall, Kingscote

Book with Dave Winnington7 May - Bath Road Stroll in Cheltenham. Call Dave Winnington for more details.11 May - Social at the Linden Tree, Bristol Rd18 May - “Along the Cotswold Way” stage 5. Book with Dave Winnington4 June - Visit to Newent and 2nd Pauntley Beerfest. Meet Gloucester Bus Stn at 11.15am8 June - Social at the Fountain Inn, Westgate St.22 June - Cotswold Midsummer Special. Book with Dave Winnington

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NORTH COTSWOLD BRANCH MEETINGS (for N Cotswold Branch contacts see page 21)

2 April - Pub walk. Meet Golden Ball, Lower Swell, 10.30am14 April - Branch AGM, Craven Arms, Brockhampton, 8pm

For up to date details of events see branch website: www.northcotswoldcamra.org.uk

Chairman

Secretary and Branch Contact:

Treasurer:

Pubs Database Manager:

Good Beer Guide Selection Co-ordinator:

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mobile: 07941 [email protected]

Martin Parker68 Cirencester RoadCharlton KingsCHELTENHAM01242 [email protected]@gloucestershirecamra.org.uk

Patrick Phair33 Wessex DriveCHELTENHAMGL52 5AF01242 [email protected]

Steve Harborne01242 [email protected]

Alan Stephens01452 [email protected]

Andrew Frape

Pubs Officer; Chairman of Tasting Panel:Trevor Cartermobile: 07717 [email protected]

Sunnybank, Cheltenham Road,Bagendon,CIRENCESTER, GL7 7BH

Media Officer:

Membership Secretary; Webmaster:

Tippler Editor:

Martyn Herbert42 Norfolk AvenueCHELTENHAMGL51 8DEmobile: 07760 [email protected]

John Barrett59 Welland Lodge RoadCHELTENHAMGL52 3HH01242 239785mobile: 07966 [email protected]

Geoff Sandles18 Ridgemount CloseBrockworthGLOUCESTERGL3 4EJ01452 552824 mobile: 07804 [email protected]

Branch website:www.gloucestershirecamra.org.uk

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Advertise in the tipplerWhy not place an advert for your pub, brewery or beer festival in the tippler? Rates are competitive.The tippler is prominently displayed in over 200 Gloucestershire pubs and read by over 1700CAMRA members so you will be targeting beer drinkers and pub goers . Copy date for theSummer 2011 issue will be but get in touch as soon as possible to reserve space.

Call on 01242 252085 or email tippleradvertising

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Gloucestershire CAMRABranch officers and contacts:

Trading Standards Dept.Gloucestershire Trading StandardsHillfield HouseDenmark RoadGLOUCESTER GL1 3LD01452 [email protected]

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